Is there a place you can go to break away for a little while? If you haven’t yet built your tree house, it’s never too late to start.
Gina Greenlee, Postcards and Pearls: Life Lessons from Solo Moments on the Road
This is just a brief post to let you know that I’m taking a short time out to spend with my grandchildren, Imogen, ten and Charlie, eight, who are coming to stay with me from tomorrow afternoon till Saturday morning. My granddaughter has stayed once when she was seven, but this will be my grandson’s first stay.
I’ve also taken advice from one of my blogging friends, who said I should take a break as I worry so much about keeping up with everyone else’s blogs. To those of you who have known me for a while, you will know this is an ongoing issue for me. If it were possible, I would read every single blog that plops into my bursting-at-the-seams inbox. I genuinely want to reciprocate the kindness of my readers by showing respect and returning that kindness. I guess I sometimes try so hard to be kind to others but to the detriment of myself.
Anyway, here we are at ten o’clock at night, and I have lots to do to prepare for my grandchildren’s visit. After that, I’m going to bed for an early night and will catch up with you all at the weekend. Please, forgive me for not reading your posts in the meantime. I will start with a refreshed and rested mind once the children return home.
I am so, so excited about them coming to stay with me. I never thought, years ago, that I would ever be fit and well enough to have my grandchildren here while I’m on my own. I might have a disability and need the odd bit of help from them, but that’s okay, and my son is fine with that, too.
As the quote (above) says it’s never too late to build a treehouse! I’m going to be building a treehouse big enough for me, Imogen and Charlie to play in. It’ll be fun!
See you all again soon. Take care of yourselves.
Much Love, Ellie Xxx 💖💝💖
Essentially Ellie 
Have a good time!
Thanks, Geoff.
Enjoy the time with your grandchildren and stay in the tree house as long as you want!! Relax and have a great time Ellie.
Thanks so much, Brian. I might be tempted to up sticks and move in permanently! Have a lovely weekend.
Have fun with the kiddos!
Thanks, Tamara. I will do. Have a great weekend. Xx 😘
Enjoy every precious moment with you grand babies💕
Thank you so much, Tamweary. I will do. Xx 💗
Enjoy!
Thank you very much, Allie. Xx 😘
Enjoy making memories…and treehouses.
Thank you, Kathryn. I’m sure we will. Xx 💛
So happy to hear this, Ellie. Enjoy your grandchildren. have a fabulous time.💕
Thanks so much, Grace. I’m sure I will. It’s the first time my grandson has been for a sleepover, although my granddaughter last came when she was seven. Now she’s ten, so it’s been a while. Have a good couple of days. Xx 😊💖
You are so welcome. Enjoy.💕
Enjoy your break.
Love you.
Thanks, Granny. I will enjoy every minute. I love you, too. Xxx 💖😊💞
Enjoy!
Thanks, Greg 😊.
Beautiful photo with your grandchildren. Nice you share your time spent with grandchildren. So sweet grandchildren.
Thank you, Rajkkhoja. I’m sure we will have a lovely time. X 😊
Iam happy to you spent family time. We all did that with family. 👭
Thank you. I’m glad you have happy family times, too. Xx 😊
Enjoy your precious grandchildren, Ellie! We’ll be here when you get back!
I will do, Ann. Thank you very much. They will be here at lunchtime. I am so excited to be having them to stay. X
Have a great time with your grandchildren, Ellie. A treehouse project sounds grand indeed!
Thanks, Bruce. I’m very excited about having them here. Have a good couple of days 😊.
Have a great time, Ellie, and take your time coming back if you need to.
Thanks very much, Mick. I’ll be itching to come back to write after a couple of days away from WP. I’m going to have to leave some blogs unread as I’ll never catch up with the earlier ones, which are rather heaped up in my inbox. I shall start again from after the weekend 😊.
Never think you’re under any obligation to read every post by everyone you follow, Ellie. I don’t, and I’m sure most others don’t.
Thanks so much for your reassurance, Mick.
I hope you all have the BEST time together. Love the image of you all in a pretty treehouse! Big hug xx
Thanks very much, Janet. The ‘treehouse’ experience was wonderful (but totally exhausting). I will try and write a bit about it sometime soon. Now that both the children have gone back to their dad’s house, I’m going to chill out this evening and have an early night. Big hug for you, too. Xx 🥰
Enjoy the time away! You’re right where you need to be!!!! Ha, ha.
Thanks, Brian. The children have just gone home. It was wonderful to have them, but I’m totally exhausted now. I wouldn’t change the experience for all the world, though. An early night for me tonight, I think!
That’s awesome!
Enjoy the precious time with Imogen and Charlie, Ellie. We’ll still be here when you have the time to return to your blog. Xxx
Thanks so much, Margaret. Imogen and Charlie have just gone home with their dad. It was wonderful to have them here (separately, not both together – too much squabbling otherwise). I’m totally shattered now. An early night is called for. I will probably get back to my blog in the next couple of days. Take care Xxx 🥰
Have a lovely break, Ellie! Here is to building that treehouse you spoke of in the best way possible. ❤
Thanks very much, Layla. The ‘treehouse’ experience was wonderful and fun; although the children have just gone home, and I am totally exhausted. I would do it all over again, though. Xx 😘
Have a great time, My Dear! Sure it will be a fun visit for You and the Munchkins! 😊💕🌹
Thank you, Chuck. The children have just gone home. It was a wonderful and fun couple of days, although I’m exhausted now. The munchkins were very well-behaved on their own. It’s when they get together they start squabbling all the time. Luckily, I had them one at a time. I think an early night is in order tonight! 😊🌼💕
So happy you got to spend time with them! Great to keep the connections intact!
Thank you, Chuck. We had a wonderful time and I can’t wait to do it all again 😊.
Enjoy every minute Ellie! You will be busy. Breaks are vital and I know what you mean! Your blog and everyone else’s won’t go anywhere. It’s the getting back that kills ya.. lol.. I’m trying now too! 💞
Thank you, Cindy. Goodness, what a busy, wonderful and fun time we had, although I’m absolutely shattered now that they have just returned home. I’m pleased to know that my blogging family will still be here. You’re right about getting back into it all being the difficult part. I’ve just had to delete 3o-something blog notification emails as there is no way I’ll ever be able to catch up with all of them. I hope you have success in recovering from your break, too. Xx💖💕
Have a good break and great time with your grandkids, Ellie. Looking forward to seeing photos of the magical treehouse.
Thanks very much, Davy. They’ve just gone home, and I’m shattered, although we had a wonderful time. I will try and write about the ‘treehouse’ experience soon. Hope you are well.
Enjoy your family time Ellie, and do it as often as you like, take breaks whenever you like, the blogging world will still be here whenever you get back 🤗✨x
Thank you, Cherryl. We had a wonderful time this week. I so enjoyed having my grandchildren stay with me. How are you? It’s good to see you back again. I will try to catch up with your recent post this week. Xx 🤗🌹💛
OMG, how dare you! I demand a recount!!! I didn’t get to vote on whether or not you could take a break from reading my blog just to spend time with your grandchildren instead of reading and leaving comments on my page! This is an outrage! It is unfair, I don’t like it, and I’m completely against it!!! I am appalled at your treatment of me! I don’t like it and I want to speak to your manager!
OK, I managed to say “I,” “me,” and other variations, nine times in that tiny paragraph. And that’s a pretty decent representation of the thinking of anyone that gets upset about you taking time away from reading and commenting on their page for a few days. As Forest Gump would say, “that’s all I have to say about that.”
I hope you have (had?) a marvelous time!
Hello, Marla. I’m really sorry I haven’t replied before now. Somehow, your two comments ended up in my spam folder and I only found them this morning. I’m very busy today, so I will reply to you properly as soon as I can. Thanks for your comments in the meantime. However, I’d just like to say that I did have a wonderful time with my grandchildren. I liked the Forest Gump quote, too. I will reply to your other comment on a different post separately as soon as I can.
As I said, there’s never any rush.
I’m glad you had a great time!!!
And I have found Forrest Gump to be like a box of chocolates: there’s always one in there that hits the spot.
Hope you all have tons of fun!
Stop worrying about stuff
I never realized that you were on a break, haha
Smile EET
Ha ha, don’t worry. My Mum used to say I was a “born worrier!” Perhaps, one day I will learn not to worry so much. I am smiling now 😊.
You be a born warrier 🦸♀️
Take care
See you around
😁
Love your grandchildren’s names! I’m late to post here, but I hope it was a super fun time.
Thanks, Bridgette. Don’t worry at all about being late in posting. I had an absolutely fantastic time with my grandchildren those couple of days. I can’t wait for them to come back for another sleepover, although it probably won’t be until the next main holiday, which is the summer holidays. I’m so looking forward to seeing them again. Love to you. Xx 🌷💕